When is a bit worth much more than kT ln2?
Statistical Mechanics
2017-05-29 v1
Abstract
Physical processes thatobtain, process, and erase information involve tradeoffs between information and energy. The fundamental energetic value of a bit of information exchanged with a reservoir at temperature T is kT ln2. This paper investigates the situation in which information is missing about just what physical process is about to take place. The fundamental energetic value of such information can be far greater than kT ln2 per bit.
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@article{arxiv.1705.09598,
title = {When is a bit worth much more than kT ln2?},
author = {Can Gokler and Artemy Kolchinsky and Zi-Wen Liu and Iman Marvian and Peter Shor and Oles Shtanko and Kevin Thompson and David Wolpert and Seth Lloyd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09598},
year = {2017}
}
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